Electronic Medical Records and the Demise of the Useful Medical Note

Nov 19, 2014

November 19, 2014

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Facilitated by EMRs, the clinical note has evolved into “a Jackson Pollock–like canvas of disjointed text,” says Dr. Paul Sax in HIV and ID Observations.

In the latest HIV and ID Observations blog post, Dr. Paul Sax highlights a recent talk (and upcoming book) by the academic leader of the hospitalist movement, Dr. Robert M. Wachter, on the consequences of using EMRs. He also laments the effects they've had on clinical notes.